Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[MROO]

The work that is being sent is maybe 15 minutes for a whole week. I am not too happy about it. I am honestly thinking about asking my friend that works for the high school to create teaching lessons for my kids because I know she will in a heartbeat.

That's an EXCELLENT idea! You could also ask her for some websites they can do on their own, or at least a copy of the summer reading lists.

DD's English teacher assigned his Honors class a book to read then goes online with all the kids to discuss it. Most of the titles HS kids read nowadays are either classically relevant (Catcher in the Rye was DD's most recent book) or new ones that we never read as kids. Her Honors book is The Road, which we are both reading, now.

You can do the same thing at home. If you get the teaching guide that goes along with the text, you can read along with your kids and do a family discussion. Amazon sells teaching guides for many books, and they're generally very reasonably priced. Your local community college should have some, as well. The on-campus book stores are still closed around here, but we can still order online.

And don't discount your local library! There's been a big push lately to make more books available online - and most of them have already published their summer reading lists!

You can do this ... and you may actually find that you all enjoy it. My kids used to argue over who got to pick the next book. Now grown, or nearly so, they actually read on their own. Mission Accomplished!

 

[FortCluck]

That's an EXCELLENT idea! You could also ask her for some websites they can do on their own, or at least a copy of the summer reading lists.

DD's English teacher assigned his Honors class a book to read then goes online with all the kids to discuss it. Most of the titles HS kids read nowadays are either classically relevant (Catcher in the Rye was DD's most recent book) or new ones that we never read as kids. Her Honors book is The Road, which we are both reading, now.

You can do the same thing at home. If you get the teaching guide that goes along with the text, you can read along with your kids and do a family discussion. Amazon sells teaching guides for many books, and they're generally very reasonably priced. Your local community college should have some, as well. The on-campus book stores are still closed around here, but we can still order online.

And don't discount your local library! There's been a big push lately to make more books available online - and most of them have already published their summer reading lists!

You can do this ... and you may actually find that you all enjoy it. My kids used to argue over who got to pick the next book. Now grown, or nearly so, they actually read on their own. Mission Accomplished!

My youngest hates reading, but maybe if I read with him... hmmmm

 

[MROO]

And do a search on "Cool Math Games." Our local elementary and middle schools use them during student "free time." There are lots of easy math and math-prep games there - from Tetris-types to coding to algebra. I love the logic puzzles!

 

[featherhead007]

D'ya think she had to swipe Mama Heating Pad from the brooder? Even if it's not currently in use ....EEEEEWWWW!

eeewww? Don't worry, the birds will be ok, if the pad gets "human" on it, I hope.

 

[sourland]

Your attitude tends to change when your state has in excess of 10,000 deaths and everyone knows someone impacted by the disease. I can only hope that you and yours remain unscathed.

 

[MROO]

It's good that the virus hasn't affected you - and I mean that in all sincerity and with absolutely no animosity - but we haven't all been that lucky. Two coworkers/friends lost, One trapped in a Covid-infected nursing home. And I almost lost my father because the local hospital his cardio doctor works out of had so many cases that they advised he do a tele-med phone visit instead of his scheduled evaluation. Dad knew better and insisted on being seen. Congestive heart failure. Home, but not out of the woods, yet.
Most people show no symptoms and never get sick, despite carrying the virus they don't know they have. So please, be careful when you go out. The life you save may not be your own.

 

[ShrekDawg]

My youngest hates reading, but maybe if I read with him... hmmmm

Make it fun!!! Have discussions about the books! Or you could even do a challenge or something to see who can read a book first or who can read the most books by the end of the summer, etc. maybe have a reward at the end of the summer or something if they read the most. Might work if your boys are at all competitive??

We honestly used to get paid for each book we read

But I don’t think that’s the best way to go LOL

Although my brothers do love reading I used to. It wasn’t a lot but enough to get us interested lol maybe you could do not paid but some other big reward or something if he reads a certain amount.

 

[FortCluck]

Make it fun!!! Have discussions about the books! Or you could even do a challenge or something to see who can read a book first or who can read the most books by the end of the summer, etc. maybe have a reward at the end of the summer or something if they read the most. Might work if your boys are at all competitive??

We honestly used to get paid for each book we read

But I don’t think that’s the best way to go LOL

Although my brothers do love reading I used to. It wasn’t a lot but enough to get us interested lol maybe you could do not paid but some other big reward or something if he reads a certain amount.

I’m at 55 books already for this year

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh and @FortCluck I would also maybe try to start with topics he is interested in. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the school books right away but if he is really interested in any particular topic, you could see if there is a book or two on it (I bet there is). That might make it more fun for him.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I’m at 55 books already for this year

Oh wow that’s a ton!!! Hahah how many have they read? You could make it a contest between just them.